{"product_id":"life-is-funny-9780142300831","title":"Life Is Funny","description":"From the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good Muslim girl in a foreign America. Gingerbread and Keisha, who fall in love despite themselves. \u003ci\u003eLife Is Funny\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows their unbearably real lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"First novelist Frank breaks new ground with a realistic, lyrical novel about eleven teens in Brooklyn now . . . Their talk is painful, rough, sexy, funny, fearful, furious, gentle. Each chapter, each vignette within a chapter, builds to its own climax, and the stories weave together to surprise you.\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astounding first effort.\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, pointer review)","brand":"Penguin Young Readers Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":58266622755203,"sku":"9780142300831","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780142300831.jpg?v=1781706688","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/life-is-funny-9780142300831","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}